Entrelacs
by Alice Billaud
HAUTE COUTURE
MATERIALS Wool & Silk
TECHNIQUE Hand tufted
SIZE 300 x 200 cm
PRICE ON REQUEST. CONTACT US.Out of stock
Description
Alice Billaud
Alice Billaud is a textile designer and ceramist. She is graduating from the Arts Décoratifs de Paris School in 2019. As a freelancer, she works for a number of companies, creating designs, models and colors for Pierre Frey, Maison Sarah Lavoine, Peugeot, Hermès and Chantelle. In 2020, in parallel with her textile activity, she created her ceramic brand, Tibli Studio located in the XXth arrondissement of Paris. She creates unique pieces dedicated to tableware and interior design. Lines intersect, curves intertwine and colors overlap, directly echoing textile design and highlighting the work of materials, weaving and prints.
In her creative process, Alice Billaud is particularly interested in the non-human, in our relationship with the living, in what is almost invisible, in what is so small that we ignore it or refuse to see it. Inspired by organic forms, microscopic and macroscopic views, Alice explores this fragile balance, in which everyone plays an essential role. Alice collaborated with Pinton to create a rug that is a tribute to lush nature, to the intertwining webs of branches and roots that grow in the shade of foliage in the undergrowth.
silk
Silk is a natural animal fibre derived from the cocoon spun by the caterpillar of the bombyx mori (worm of the mulberry tree), unsurprisingly called the “silkworm”. Invented in China in the IIIrd millennium before Christ, silk wasn’t produced in Europe, mainly in Italy, before the end of the Middle Ages. And it’s only under the reign of Henri IV that silk production developed in France with the planting of 4 million mulberry trees in the Ardèche, Dauphiné and Cévennes areas. Silk threads are very strong and quality weaving makes silk very resistant. It gives a particular shine to the woven pieces and combines easily with other materials such as wool or bamboo. In its Couture collection PINTON offers 100% silk rugs, incredibly soft. In tapestries silk is most often used in complement of one or more other materials like wool or even cotton.
hand tufted
The hand tufting technique is a process combining centuries-old skills and modern weaving tools. The canvas is perfectly stretched over an upright loom and the craftsperson transfers by hand the future design of the rug with the utmost precision. Threads are inserted manually, one by one, working with a gun on the back of the canvas, following the colours, the drawing and the different tuft heights. PINTON was one of the first manufactories to use the gun tufting technique to produce some of its rugs and carpets and is the only French workshop offering very high quality tufted rugs. With this technique, production times are reduced compared to the knotted stitch weave or point noué. Finally, hand tufting offers a large range of possible depths. Carving is the technique that consists in sculpting the wool and creating textures within the woven rug. Since the early 1990s, PINTON has been specialising in the production of hand tufted rugs for which it also collaborates with famous designers and artists.
wool
Wool is an animal fibre, most often derived from sheep fleece. Wool was already being spun as early as 5,000 BC. In Roman times, wool, leather and linen were the main materials used to make clothes. With the progressive development of mechanical processes and the evolution of breeding techniques, wool became the economic lung of several countries in the Xth century, and again in the XIIth. Renowned for its thermal and sound insulation properties, wool also offers the advantage of absorbing moisture. It is a noble and timeless material, used from time immemorial for its strength and durability. PINTON uses local wool with shorter carded fibres, which make it fluffier and give it more volume, or a specific type of wool from New-Zealand with long combed fibres that are more resistant to heavy traffic. Both types of wool are spun (carded or combed) and dyed in the spinning plant located in Felletin. Whether they are made in 100% pure virgin wool or blended with other materials like linen, silk, bamboo, leather or many others, PINTON wool rugs and carpets bring comfort and quality.
